Re: bounties?

["Tristan Van Berkom" <tristan van berkom gmail com>]

On Nov 8, 2007 12:07 PM, Dr. Michael J. Chudobiak <mjc avtechpulse com> wrote:
>  > Posting 'a beer at
> > next Guadec for whoever fixes bug #7' is informal enough that I think
> > we avoid the main issue which is the alienation of volunteers,
> > however, it doesn't really address the big issue which is how can
> > users donate and drive development of a feature they desire?
>
> I'm more wondering about how non-Guadec-goers can get action on
> pet-peeve bugs.
>
> If you're going to Guadec, you've already got the expertise or influence
> to make things happen.

Yes I agree, I think that the corporate world is slowly waking up to the
reality that stable good quality software has to be free - I think many
companies are willing to pay us to make things happen, maybe without
the full commitment of relocating us across the world and making us
a full time employee of their company - if the program was serious
and the bounties serious, I'm quite sure that people will be watching
and even maintaining such a billboard so that things dont get out of
date.

Like it was mentioned though, lots of things like this already exist just in
different infrastructure.

Cheers,
                -Tristan